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migration

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An aircraft wing above a patchwork of green fields, roads and small settlements

Political ScienceFebruary 28, 202611 min readEvergreen

Most of Your Income Was Decided Before You Did Anything

'How much of success is luck' is unanswerable as posed. 'How much is explained by circumstances nobody chose' is a regression, and it has been run. Country of residence alone accounts for nearly three-quarters of the variation in individual incomes across the world.

economic developmentethicsevidenceglobal north

An airport departure concourse with empty queue barriers leading to check-in desks

Political ScienceFeaturedFebruary 16, 202620 min read

The Extraction Economy

This post analyzes international migration from the Global South, particularly India, to Western nations, revealing a shift from human capital transfer to an "Extraction Economy." It details financial, labor, and political extraction mechanisms where migrants are treated as resource sites.

extraction economyglobal northglobal southindia